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WINCHESTER JOURNAL, W I n c Ii i:st Uli : i rriil.iT. Her. Sr. lr.?. J. L.BKVKULY, Ilditor. Important Notice! N'otlr i. i.erebT -un tVat I Lr'durin? a Perlod of 41 months, ofilt t.ii Jat soli Dr. J. K. Ri.vrKLT ret , r- - - i .rr.t iu tu o.":cof the Wijcciimt; nL i ' i , All tu ie kioin.; tSeme!vt in lV.el ' to vit or t, ti fua of Dvnm a Bat 0! htc'i riSeri;tiorj, IcjmI ainr. i tUin-cr .i-'i work, wiile the necM-lty urm:,.r.it.,cio..u?myb..uk,. j L. (J. Urut. j Moxdt, N'.veii.'.er it, l'Oj. ! (oMi'AitATn i: Jioirrii.iTY or jn;i.u:r am) disi;am;s in auiii:s. One of the most melancholy j conviderations connected with the , w..w.,ujv the tact ot the Kreat number ol , i ... i . i. .i.... i en in camp, and are either render , ed unfit lor service or die before they have an opportunity of see ing thc enemy. It has been es timated bv competent authority, and on sound statistics, that an army of 100,000 men, by the sole fact ot having entered upon a c-Jippiin, i. c., leaving out the influence of epidemic, and bat-j I j )b of U)0 We have ties, will have 10.000 men been learnin-the rudiment.jn the hospital ; and that, at the end of tmibl v expcnsive ,chool of expe. M,,Iie nu)nt!ls lt tltere have bccn I rirncc. A hr- part of those en-en-igements, and thc number ol j islpd havc proven a cbail weij,hl patient increase, as U usual, we j am, cxpRnso Q ho c Bu inu.t count or, a third bein- pla-, wp ayc (hem jn char?e ftnd nm$t eed out of service by disease I t,,.p r,r ftf f!liMn and when we take into account the faulty chrracter of extempo rized hopitü and sanitary ar rangements of a people all unused j to the science of war, and the incompetency that will inevitably i Washington, and throughout the obtain on the part of medical ap-1 country, in reference to an im pointments under such circum-; pending dissolution of the Cabi- stances as surround our condition, we must expect to find the matter j even worrc than in the old world j campaign.s where war has Ion- been studied as an art nnd a sei ence. There are perhaps very few intelligent person in the country who are not by this time convin ced of this general truth; for j hhorhood nnd -almost ' at tendereJ his resignation to the j uuuiuuuii iiiiu iiuiu.i.. . ..I every neig cry lamilv has had to feel the i ects of our intestine Mrite in i, Our Whol eountrv is II of disced and dcbiliUied ev effects tin full soldiers who are just able to ret away from hospital or camp on; c i t i.i i i furlniifTii. jino th nrp nnU n ., n . , ",, Mnail portion ot tho?e actually; disabled bv disease. Alargeina- ' . . f , " and n was the general desir and jority ol these have never seen an. . n . , .. .. i expectation that he would be re cngageinent, and a soldier disa-1 . . . , . . , . . . i . 'called, liut I uesdav's dispatch- bled by wounds received in bat-: ... ,, , ;. . A. .:. . r i es spoiled all these line a:r-cas- tle will be lound comparatively , - , . : tie for the present. The epi demic had been stayed and the One ol our sanitary agent L irctlcJ evcn rtcd lately epreed Ihe opinion U.at collva,escent. pMtUeot Lin. those of o,.r on,o!d.er,dy in.; Col)lndrefused to accept the ofdiseife would oainumber those jre,i ioas and with wonteJ dying trom the actual casualties- v t . . 0 J n .. ... j magnanimity the retiring becre- of war as lilty to one. Ue' , . , . . :,, . . , . . . j tanes had consented to return, thought, and .till think, his esti- . , , ,i One ot the most remarkaole mate large, but could not under-!. u . . . A, . ... I things about the matter is the ex- tnke to contradict it. Hhere,, . . .4, ,.,.. 1 treme equanimity with which the nov is the fine Potomac arm . , . " r . ..... , ,, 'country took thc news of the af- with which McCIellari stt out tor r .. .. , ,, .. . ;lair. J hat most sensitive ol all IJichtiiond by way ot Jamestown? .. . . .c n. t , t ,. ... : . . . thing?, rarit', it nflecteu at all, as that whole army ever deci- ' , , . . , , , ... ... I was not adversely ahected; stocks matd by battle? c thir.k not, .. , 4 " A, ,. - , did not Jail, and there was no disastrous as were some of the . . , , . , n . . 4 , j electric llock m the money inar- engagements. Uut it it too much J to suppose two-third or three-1 fourths have -died of disease or' become nermanent v disabled for. . ... . any ellect.vc .erv.ee? e know some Companic3 havc been al - mo,t annihilated. A Belgian Surgeon, M. Meyne, in a recent work on war statistics, makes ,on,e statements, interest- ing in tnernseives, mat win go io i n . ... v 5trengthen the position we have here taken: "During the first fifteen years of the occupation of Algeria by the j r rriPh nnn a! ji onlli Mel n f Via! forces were carried olT by disease, and a 2t5th part only hy casual- ties of war; that is, twenty-three times as many, ui the 1 lo,000 j tj . .1 it . i . . . iruwwxi soiuiers xvho invaded Turkey in ls-f., but from 10,- OU0 to 15.0UÜ repassed the Prath, the ret succumbing to fever, dys-!5we eiitcrv arid potilcnio. Durir.ijVinJe mrctin' held for th mir-'0111 office, and we will gladly be- lie I'idnsulir war.-?, of 25,000 , poe, the sum of $500,000 was;com(i tl,e n-ent of such as nn-v French n.000 nri.cher! rn th rr.vl nl crri) n,l If A,fi..,n , wi.-h to order the work, or von ' from li.ivonrip to Iishnn. fitl.or from fatigue or the scorching sun joflSOS. The English nririy. .wealthy of the distressed districts. ' an effective force of CI. 500 corn- j latanu, lost 21,030 by disease, and onlv h.SStf bv the casualties ' , l u'r- The losses of the Frem h ; during the Crimean war, were j j 6 00U bv the accidents oi war. i nd 3,000 by disease ; that is lö to 03. And the proportions u-prc much the ?ame lor the Sar- dinians and the Eiilih." And it is to be taken into ac rnnnt that these Old Countrv , j thc art.miiitar,. ar"c; , . , anJ . in 5ciectin- their lihtinf mate late- nlete . T have more com - Comno?ed. and exneri- ence has tauqht them to reject all but the very soundest specimens. A man will answer well in a fac tory or to till thc poil at home, who would never pay for the first outfit as a soldier. Yery different with us. We went forth to do our own fi?htiri2 and to make a Tili: CAIJIM.T miJKOGMO. During the first two or three days of the present week there was consnleraUle excitement in net. A Senatorial caucus had been held on the Kith in which a j resolution almost passed request- in-Sec. Seward to resign. On the succeeding day a similar can cus was held in which a resolu tion did pass, asking the Presi dent to reorganize his Cabinet. Meanwhile Mr. Seward, getting wind of what they were drivinir I'sidct; and. ovvin to coad. urroundin? the mntterj Spcretl1" Ch,5P ,!" Ti,is V-P rn""!r' r"SOn if'l I.A. kr. 1.1 V.II .... Ii. a! 1 . ; ; example, anti mat a inorouu re- organization f ol the Cabinet! would take place. Very little 1 The truth i?, and cannot be dis- Suised, the country at Iarjre has . . . 'lostcontidencein the administra- tior M !than dcprccalp achan.e. After s momhs h , h Jie Ie wouIJ Ve a of j wief af any ch offer a favorab,e f.jjt of beKer .. . things to come. The distress in Lancashire ap- 'pearstobe steadily on thc ill- creae and becoming a real nation . . , , i rn . 4iMal burden ana calamity, i ne inspector reports an addition ot j 10,000 recipients of public char- jitvin a jinMe week, and the wno!e nurnber as amounting tolPr annum nearIy :,,000,000. .All manner jof expedients, such as lectures. Uneert. &e.. are resorted to. to the fimd for reIief. At a ' nnn nun ovx.;.. .fmav address directly Munn ic bove, had been contributed bv the i asserted that the sufferers are in almost every imtance, svmpn-j thizer with the North-in our nreent ftru-le and do not inin Mt .rm muir, ,um n nm .J(Ho in the torv crv against, the block- afJe. ft T f '- 4-1 at uw. ! M)f AN den. JJurnstde 'takes the re-; ponibilitv" of the Frederick?-! . ' . burqh attempt and failure entire- Iy upon himself, fh's n more i f,np(J at , . . :we sought our tent, unrolled ourieended uptfie Sandy river. Uitli-j heavy cavalry force, ju.t arrived like the action of a "man aisa!. , -rt . . . ; mattre of broomed-e, and ! 1,111 M"IM" l" ' l ei.iieu - w.uun miles ot here. .Nearly , they maintam a contraband com- miurt l .roin. ! account of our trip, or the char. all the troons will bo in motion in i man. nan a iv nuns we nave i 4- ., , . ; ;oon were in the '"nt e embrace1 c ' . i . . . .. . . .", ; n, mtmieaf.on with their northern ,onn w 1 ' 111 UJ IUU l" . incter of the ronntrv through this dienet to dav. If anvlhin" er nara iPm mat department i , . , ,c , n , ,T i of Morpheus. At intervals dur ! wi,;Ph we nned. stithre it tnsiv u-nrtl.v of w t.or,,,,;. 'i .;ii r tt t r i 1 ' " of our aimv. He believed, niir, , . . . I Creek. k i wi wi mi; it una- ritiuiiwu that by making a dash when h1 did, or rather when re intended to for the work was delayed 21 hours beyond his intentions he would find the enemy's front fo much weakened bv removal of fnrcot fr Arlior nr!n( na lo .. , . , tt I able to carry his works. How. near he was suceedinix, he pays' future investigations will show. I 'V cive.- the highest, praise to both his officers and . . 4. J nr-ir inin u'.i in ri hhj Li 'iil me , , wuoie anair: Washington. Dec. 23. Th? President has issued the follow. !ini: Jlxr.ClTTIVC f ..! W .Ht'.TlON .) Di-ermNtr 2.1, 1 tC"2. S TV. tl. .,.,.- I.w.. vt.-..ar'.ffyr.. i 'ii'i'i-'b. I have just receiver! from your; commanding Generals a report ! ...... hi...... . i.-w.i.v.,. lllP?t i in; . i i-i ii .it m, .in i 1 1 . i , I nor the failure other than an a"- ciden? The courage with whirl's I von. in an onen field, mantained ; me contest against an entrenched foe, and you crowed and re-cros-, ed the river, in the face ol the en- j '' quatit which wj'.l yet civo victory to the cause ofthe country and of pop-j ..1.. .-m-.amh. ..... r r rl inn III II t I II I I I ' I ' I IMU j with the mourners for the dead j and svmnathv witii the severely . .. nrl aI T nnnnpilnlntn I'rtll fll'tf 1 I i 1 1 II H, I I I'M" i.iiiiiin t" in h, nnmh nf both is comnara. t5 yny Ira j !pmlpr lo VOt,. .-. officer, nd snMicrs, tl.e th .ink-: n'!'n S ?n ) A"A"AM ''Nrm V One f Ihe Ilm thinc toeome before Congress alter the Holb- . .... . , , , tin i "-'- between t fie President of Libe ria and our minister at London Mr. Adam, and which puts Li beria, on an equal footing with the other nations of mankind. The impression prevail, at ; Wahin-ton that the President's' addreto thc Potomac army, printed in another column, as : well as Jhirnside's report, means action. It ts also among our last d . snatches, that entire, confi- dence is not bv any mean? felt in the stability of the present Cabinet arrangement. The report of the wir commit tee on the Fredericksburg alfair is to be a big thing, that is it will fill several columns of closely - printed matter. Col. Sol. Meredith has been released from arrest without ex planation, which is understood to mean he should not have been ar rested. Scientific American for 1S63 This is the only illustrated weekly journal devoted to Sci ence, Inventions, Manufactures and Mechanics published in the United States. The number. toravear make 832 paces of! ,. A1 i 1 I UVJ I 11 lllll I "iv t..vc-- dred original engravings. Eich No. contains 10 pages, and is printed on a fine quality of pa per, and of a suitable size for binding. The enberrintion mice is S3 a rnii r rr inor an i p rr.i inin : t. .Ä , Prt CÄf rJ year, rue copies are sent o, . . r , . , . J months lor bO; and in clubs of, u or more ii is lunusuru ai Those cf our friends who want the very best thing of. its class will send for the Scientific Amer ican. It mav be examined at 3 Jr uw ew Vork. I.ATIXI m:vs. From the army of the Potomac iwe have nothing of much inter est. I There have been no warlike demonstrations for several day?,; i!. . I. . . lMt ma,m!U?m' riMk ,.,1 ,s nliR, theri inenaiy uuposiiion towards each 4i Ti,A Mi i f I he rehel torees are said j1Vf , v I ., , . T , imr loss in me late mpjianan nock affair will exceed 10,000 men, and it is probable that of the enemy will not be far differ ent. It is said that in a vote of the j Committee of Ways and Means on the question of the further is ,. . sue of currency, five voted for. ! and five against the nronosition. Secretary Chase has recorn-! ..n,ll n ,,f V . I minions oi uoiiars ai rates not, t- . i i i exceeding those now authorized! ,bv Congress, and has not roonm - I mended a further issue of curren cy. tiony .j)r'ns, tiavm been al-1 most evacuate,! of troop, was ! it 1 1 r t i ' rnrturni nn Vriiln mnrnln l.i a i inn i iiiwiiiiu. if, Yan Dorn, with 5,000 troops. It is reported we lost 200 men, i (arm mat a :are quantity ol I.I 1 ... , ' rornmssary stores and am- munition were 'burned, lt looks like a shameful adair. Flic President has not yet si(,nea thp i for a(jmi5sion of yestprn Virginia as a State, and what1 his intcn- j tions are. " mi-mipiii.n m:ws. Our Memphis correspondent. J, E. ., whose leite- it is en - . . . ,,re,y nt of l,r IvVer to get into ! our columns, -ive. some ite.n we .l.o.ilJ n-.t omit. ! The xvcntlier WS..ple.n! Bs My," " l.i.h ,v,. a r. line th'"X for1"' hn "' 'have the measles or mnmp. lie PPn rnnjlrloralilc cfronnrtVi.' vl... .iia..vi'-tl. rill. Il III" I m . ' savs that since the advent of the,lv. Tin Mtl. cam in on Situr- . . . ; Lnion army provisions and roods oav. Ail look eagerly forward ; ; !iave dropped down to something ! to t!:e lir.t of .lanuarv to see the j like Northern prices. The press-! result of th Pre.-iilent's procla- j esof two daiiv papers are run iniation. Papers l.Vu eare rife ' ..: i n. .t - t...t !...:.i ... J : '""n nnunsuing, ,ue enure- are wHI tended, and the P,ace Pre5ont? business !ike air' e gives the unhappy .Mm.. ...m, ... Brewer, from this County, after! , . c i I 1 a brief rllness from brain lever. , ii i- l c j t He died Sunday, Dec-.., and I 11L U,LU u"' ' ' lllu was buried with the honors of war. Lt. J. K. Martin is not i . n . t . ., wen yet oi wounu recciveu at tn Richmond, Ky., fight. Some : .: i. oi promuuonsuiemci.uoueu: ,r-j Hobbick rto Sergeant in place of as but few letters hsve come to! Ten men from company I de Eli Stakebake promoted, and D. j our Company t-ince our arrival ! -erted last Friday night. The W. Porter is 8th Corporal. here. We have been here now mas,ef aJ!(1 ,n"nJPs ,,avp ourrj- 1 ' rH lie lnrli- A l.nnl )flO I. r. .. Gen. Foster thus sums up his series of victories in IVorth Caro lina: Headquarters X. C. DrrARTMENT, Dec. 20, 1SC2. s ! To Mojor Central llilUck: ZVIv expedition was a perfect success. I humeri me railroad br;dl,e9 at Goldshoro and Mount Olive, and tore up several miles of the track of the Wilmington & WcUlon raihoad. We brought on tour en?asempnt, viz: at ' South mountain Creek, Kings town, White Hall and Goldsbo- ro', and whipped the enemv each lirre. J, G. Foster, Brigadier General Command- ing. The Richmond Examiner of . the 12tn sUtes that the smallpox ., , rpidemic. A Chicago letter to the Syra cuse Journal states that the Chi cao Tribune is printed on paper which is one-quarter sorghum, and that two sorghum paper mills arc already running in Illinois. Camp cak Memnu-, Teiv., Lrc. IS, lrfiO. j Ed. Journal : This is a rai- nv dav in Divio," and we can do nothing hut stay in our tents, and can not do that with com fort. For when wc say "rainv day," it mar betaken in the iul-jcd lest acceptation of the term. Yesterday (Sunday) was a very lsl" ,M ,Me 1 f l' ot Jtidi: Sto- hovs in Januarv nnd J Vbruirv-nh-aantdav, bein- warm andlr'' "J1 as. bt.t it is ot." Ii-, 1 can not iy anyt!;.: aho 3 . . iuloryhaddejnrted tnr.-rr. Whit Loui t. as I hi ve not h-ni in th , . r . . .1 . - ciouuy. iiiinuiuuu, u.U.. derin? of Heaven's artillery I e- ! san in the north-west. A heavy j 4 juivir.T all Nature the appearance 0ui .i ui in iijiu-.-iMiiur. i. " . ion Ulr UllllfM III liiu Utli nnc wnij iri the niht, we were interrupt- ed by dashes of rain : but toward ' innrnnirr it r ufn if r.ame in torrent: , I I nrrntrtnnipi liv winri mat seemeu, ai urne.-, wouui prove too boisterous for our j .i . i . 1 1 ' "shanty." Soon the uproar and 1 confusion in camp told the trou-! hie. The water was running in torrents, through some of the tents. Some of the boys would ,allDh s0:11 would yell nnd W 11 OOP, W 111 I C OillCrS WOUIU Sit ' ;e pinnacle - :r mat was not enure v snlrnereu 1 "l( - Mio.ueri and whistlr? or hum over sonic common ditty. The rain is still falling fist. I Mo imv Iitvo nr(ir:r-t in f.r- m ii it . 1 " -" j tin-their tents . in of w iter, but !Ol COlir.1? llOt (lTV .1 The GOth Kr'. is in ratb.er a i.r condition at this time for P0(l cot-j,"vl"",v 414 p - rt i I i"s a iioi ri" 1 1 mi r worn i i - ,ir- "m,u 111 Jir U(jrK- -li ; ,1alf ol' ,nir eompany, (I).,) lis in trie Hospital, uenavonot more than half a raiment fit for !SPrvi"-- Tvvn ot th' ,)0's w!, ! wrre ,0,t :it I-"''ana )oli, hae of r-,;Mk' ".".sles. W'v 'are now under marchini: oider nd will stut to-UKftrow toward? Vickxbur. I It i not probable the enemy, ; will attack this point soon, as i A, I ill they certainly know it would be bad policy, owin-to the number .. of lio.p w, ,w here. Tl, : vi, im.y is Miw with soldier.- ! The hn-, a. ,,, may he ! h,rJ " 'l'""' fro:.. ?l:e city, and troop are arriving dai - .u, Vr, e p.opuo., u, ai , least , quint toward, them. It i , the prevailing opinion here that j the war will be ended by the last r.-ti.f The boys of Company I, that ii " i . . are we , seem in high snirits. t , x 'r i (apt. Rass and Lieut. Jackson v ain- lilu J'K 'U' ,a5,,n j have not come on yet. We ex - I pect them every day. We have I . i .. i. not been nermitted to neruse your paper since we left lüc'imond.' 1 ' . . -.ii- t e can but believe that our e can um wui-x e ui.u orjtn WiS comnPys )Mt rrfusrd. two weeks, and so.nrof the bojrs are qtmn impatient lornews irom home. Three o'clock, p. m., Moses Conyers, who was detail ed out of our Company to go out nn iiipkrt lin init rptiirnpd to! camp and sav that our pickets, i- i nau some sKirn:i?niri: list nisni .kirr'i-;hin'f lit pirfht sMrrr.K-nii'j, ia. i r.ui with some bushwhackers. No one was hurt on our side. The rain ha ceased, and things look more cheerful. The usual quiet seems to prevail in camp. ScBROSA. Written for the Journal. Louisa, Ky., Dec. 10, 1602. Editok of Journal: On last Friday eve we received marching orders for up the liitr; Sandy. On Saturday mornins we hti uck our tents, loaded our wagons, and j commenced our line of march.! About 12 o'clock, 31., we took i the river road m his wa .aid tn ' wie ner roac, as mis was saia to j ' " " be the bet, a portion of which you would think impassable for wagons in Indiana. We traveled about scyen miles on Saturday without any accident, ex cpt the turning owr of Company li's w'on and the -tailing of two or ihree 'teams at the f'ot ot a you:: mountiin. We hivouicej lir the n'u-ht on the firm o a Km- tueici in. lnr !-!v a Iirf t i t k of straw, hut when d 1 v I j h t nnneir- next morniuj we could not tell j where it h id hi -n. nnd -.s e could . i . .the men Jid not ut. lor irds. th' . horses and mules eat. Sabbath morning we agam were in mo- "P" . -'!,, ,; rinsed seenerv ot which we had jot a view on Saturday, was a ..... ..... .1 i;iin jneseuieu io us, except mill u n n.-' inn u;iinru ii? r i " - I have no idea how the people live. It is true that there is oc casionally a small bottom which , (lit1 c Air. A ai'l4nliA i n..Miitn a .'nun: riiuim r ui i;i cuiaiiu . . . . tan not ,e produced over 30 bushel of corn to the aire. The people who inhabit this country areas M'iallid andlilthy looking a class ;T ! ?T,r. !it tie intelligence. The better class, (if there ever was such a 1 here,) are in the army, either, . North or South. I really begin - - , . , ... n - ! !? irt 1 mm,,rs Tf irm." ' ' ' ' " ' 1 1 ''' " " " he linkst mansion? I have been ,i i , ,n ,hp pnrIor j00i.s a,0 r0yered with r earpet, made of bntt-r um in. cy, onianifrir.! witii a striped c;oods of the .muic lnr act'-r worn by th female. We ro.sf (l the Smdv rivr 10 miles below this l-oii.t, travllin . I : . . . ; up tli .it. i ii viream on n ir.-ma Ki'h-. Th- S tth Indium, the I Ot Ii Kf,,,,V"kv r!,1(1 nn independent squaiiroM of envnlry had been ,,,).. t lie couiiu inl of Col. fp i . . i I iuler. at C itlrttbur, frr o:ne days previous to our leaving that 01 m. ue eit u,e ii , k.. !n,'kV at Calb ttsbur. The hal- - point, where wea-am .10ih Ohio. ' ' 4 We arrived hereon lanc- ot the forrs earee to this joined the Sabbath evening, lnvin::rr,arc!ied :H miles over the f i ! 1 1 s. in one and a half davs.juct half the time it took ;tlir .lOfh ( llilo fn ..i.tc " W are camp-d on il'.e Vu-in-1 ia .,, ,,f the Sar.dv. t the mouth of Tn Fok. arid l ave a I't nti 11,1 r'''; to T"P upon Ih.-re wfit ) ! ( IniiMi h.ii... ,. n,.,l 1'.. . vj,;, -f ,,, ., f(1,.pi, fi1Ilii veMerd .v ,,;; Cnnnr ;-.ve! io.W fi.r ,11 to kive xre,,! txv! ' nimlies; ar-d immediately on 1 ir . , 0 , iorrP ;ii': s to demolish tho l:oue., ,vi,;0i, ....... ,ir.,, ;., ii i w men .i none ri mhle quick. and the lumber taken by the sob diers to make bunks in their tent. We are now al! comfnrfahk - . , . v. ; pl(,illinir ami n (nv left at Catlett-burg until able to! march up here. j T Thee are a few . : v ... ,t IIJCII ,M u;e ' rrsiment who have been playing ; discharge ever since we left Cov. ' 1: . ' , ,U1 1 !ngton Oneman put cayennel j rrpper ;n hu tj , , - ! nepper in his eves till he crot n 1 discharge. Another swallowed to-! baeco to give him sna-mi. IIo! ;...n..A.,i U.,. 1 '..i. t. , was sem "ome, hut not dischnrir - e,K UvxM hl wpfdie.it too) (soon, lie was ordered to roort ! ; f4 i,:. rY1,. , , had thwc rfi!Ms wiifntliP l.-.ft five week.-, but a lare proportion of these are row conve escent. , . . v w v,wu "l anil tne rema'.nder are ilaxu eil. I know of no armed rehels near! tierlnr.c n foti lii.Vi VJ 1 ' ' , 1 on :i a it . 'i milc.the rebels raptured some in m n ih rrA rA enmn j .' H.l IV III' (V I l. i npiuliij Cl'llll j j of Col Dill's clothing nnd arms ' while they were being taken up! j 1,10 rIve: . ?ats- Jherf I some skirmishinj at the time of the capture, and a few men were killed on both sides. Adjutant Hampton was killed during tho fight, lie was of the 3Pth Ky. The boats were escorted by two companies of that regiment. Some of his men are trying to attach blame on Col. Cranor for the capture, but I think he shod not he blamed, as I learn that I 1 'i 1 ? 1 1 . ol-.17,MS reo me stores up Unm ASVlllTYl' tne "ver w,,hout consulting or jxuiu, even Col. Cranor knou- D KAl.KI) rropor,u win u rfrm anythillir about it. I think whcn;p AJitr softer until 12M,Mor. j . '"" ' . dav. Jnurv i2th, f.r uprrintfi.d- ine inalier IS investigated, Col. ; Cranor will be found blameless j in the matter. i Lol. Cranor has promised ur a! fre scout olf into Virginia, aa soon as we vt tested, ard oi.r quarters all well lied. We are alu avs lad to he ir of scouting p irtie. as we hive tine times. i Th' iccc.!i alwavs have to mjITt wli 'n we are turned loose. If t : winter should he severe, von miy ept a chance t'i shake hands with so.ne of the 81th JOUt ijm ii i, i. . . v. ii. w m ill in Jt rMerlable cifv yet. 1 would think it had about 400 inhabi- tants, if they were all at home. More anon Your,. ,(c. Coi"six En. V. S. We have teen sleeping upon our arms all ni;ht, (17th i n-t.,) expecting an attack from a inform you. C. E. IMPORTANT ntOM KVr Lkxington, Ky., Dec. 23. j It is reported that Lexington, Ky., is soon to be visited again by the rebels in larje force. F'oyd and Humphrey Mar- are s Pound (ia said to have come thro' n frnrn Wfprn ir- ; ,r:.li:1 nn. arp rnil:,i.v aiivaneinr fnto tlir center of ihe State. The towii and vicinity fre infesed with John Morgan's guerillas. Jn i i r ii" i'.r i t 1 1 ro 1 Iii ciAiit i r on v 'i i ' j c Illing lttics a 5,,orl dUtlnce out ' Misprison of treason akin a soldier to t'ke dinner and le- Sv'lt. SADDLES, HARNESS AND n. x w. iiüAinircv, M i i9 k.r- mil pralrr iü Siiillt. niel 1 1 irn o' ! iptici'i. J.t.'.lhfr rt til k'.i .K rt 1 .r - "N-Ttli Kr-t t f-t' li:l S;mrc, im !1H i'.'. lt! V t'.rMl ! ("'Uff II; . n.r.sii i-.ui) Kol; liinr.s. !).:. '-M. lv';-. cr?3 eiy r ra B urn. is tiii: svay stoi:i: room S. lectin's IStoefc, Y. Vrrnt of PuVic ni iri', i-ii)cliai ! v Km of the Court - IIuf. iiiiniii mnl I ill ' WINUttilS I ti, " " INUIANa. rfT,in' i'Nni.J.I"NF.I i",'s B to :v t tin Mti?in nf H indolt h d nun. riiit In- lim jn-t op at tin .ilHir imuhi Ni-v. Stii.l N. , Iar.,'C Mill romplftf Stfk 0.' ..,nf,. H D V P f fl H 0 Uli 1 UUUUU! i Mv Slork w is n,, ,olltit r,,. .,it-, ii:. n.J r. -nrnH-r to th m:f ot t,x ",:ir-: l- 1 ' 1,1 UlU :,v, r kcrP ' alwavi vn lmiul a full -ortmmt of : Ll'liOS' & Gciltlcmea'S Wear In all the mrh .1 stvh-s to suit t!,r m.on. 1 A!o, a l.ir-e au-l s.i-!i-ct .wortmriit of jj00js 10es 1 GLASS AND QUEENWARE. AH of wl.(h ! pcI, r,1Mp ft, can '.' h-.ni.t in th.- u,.vw iH rv le- ciain-eicwhcre. ALL K county or, jut!. up, '.ill and j-ce before put ALL KINDS OF COUNTRY PRODUCE At tl.r l.iplicH marttt nnce.takni in ' ri, r.tr r.nr, i. " Jo. D. CARTER. iÄ .-,- '' r 2omG L R DRY GOODS I HKAIIV-MADI- CLOTUIM. Hals, Cans. Boots Shoes. j ic o O 3? S I rt S r ,i f., ' : Ana cvf-ry tiling le of tLe ort, po to in n BiirAmniq LiBü.lubvIblril'd 0 OUTII SIDK OF PUHLIC SQ'RK , One Door of Quick's Jewtlrv Store. ; ' '"W4 rc, printS , Delaines, and Other ' . fA . TT? ' . " " CASSI31EKES, &C.f AT LOW RATES! A full ftock of Reah-ms Clothin, for Mn and Uijs, at low j.rices for the timet. A lrpc prt of mr toek w honqlit mnntlis Hpo and iievtr het-n "rasrkeU up,' as i the per.cril erstem. Old cntomrrs inl th ublic gtnertUj jrc invited to call and Vie. dec t:r I.. D. BUNCH. fc. A . u :r Coai.it , r Frro, for ime jtr fron the fcrst dty of iVbrutrr, leca. " I-T order of lhVV; 'rd ftf .""i,"'' pec i ARC FO